uncircumcised

adjective

un·​cir·​cum·​cised ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd 

1

: not circumcised

2

: spiritually impure : heathen

uncircumcision

ˌən-ˌsər-kəm-ˈsi-zhən 

noun

Examples of uncircumcised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But many boys and their parents don’t know that being uncircumcised requires extra attention in the hygiene department. —Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024

The bodies of uncircumcised men can be violated before burial. —Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024

That said, following proper care and hygiene practices for uncircumcised penises can mitigate these risks. —Jenni Singer, Parents, 19 July 2023

Do people prefer uncircumcised penises? —Meagan Drillinger, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023

His work hypothesized that London’s circumcised Jewish population was less vulnerable to venereal disease than their uncircumcised neighbors. —Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2022

Caused by defective blood clotting factors, the disease has been with us since at least the second century , when a rabbi gave mothers whose first two sons had bled to death from circumcision wounds permission to leave the third sons uncircumcised. —Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011

Some Jewish scholars thought that uncircumcised men would prove too irresistible for Jewish women, and that men without a foreskin would not be led into constant temptation. —Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021

One of my male patients was mocked for being uncircumcised. —Ian Kerner, CNN, 19 July 2021

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for uncircumcised

• americanized
• anathematized
• collateralized
• contextualized
• conventionalized
• demilitarized
• demineralized
• departmentalized
• industrialised
• industrialized
• materialised
• materialized

Medical Definition

uncircumcised

adjective

un·​cir·​cum·​cised ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd, ˈən-ˌ 

: not circumcised